A domestic worker and a taxi driver were arrested on Wednesday by police over cocaine and cannabis.
According to a Guyana Police Force release, on Wednesday at about 05:00 hrs, ranks from Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station acting on information received, went to a house in Swan Street Squatting Area, Pouderoyen, West Bank Demerara where they arrested two persons who were caught with cocaine and cannabis.
On arrival at the house, the ranks conducted a search on the occupants, 59-year-old Bibi Zamoon Zamal, a domestic worker, and 33-year-old Travis Gilbert, a taxi driver.
A further search was conducted on the premises in their presence where a black string tied to a board in the kitchen area leading under the house onto a beam was observed. The ranks pulled up the string which had two bulky transparent plastic bags attached to it. One of the bags contained a quantity of whitish rocklike substance suspected to be cocaine, while the other bag contained several brown paper parcels containing cannabis.
The duo were told of the offences committed and under caution, Bibi reportedly told police: ‘”I selling da cocaine and weed because I sickly and I can’t work,” while Travis chipped in saying: “We hussling and don’t do crime.”
The ranks carried out another search on Travis Gilbert where $14,080 was found in his right side pants pocket. A brown hand bag which was on Bibi’s bed had $589,020 inside.
The suspects were arrested and escorted to the Vreed-en-Hoop Police Station where the suspected cocaine was weighed and amounted to 73 grams, while the suspected cannabis amounted to 2 grams. The narcotics were placed into separate transparent plastic evidence bags, sealed and lodged along with the cash for safe keeping.
The suspects are currently in custody assisting with investigations, and pending charges.
